Hey atheists, if God doesn't exist... (update: lots of atheists getting pwnt itt)

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Eli

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Actually that is quite an interesting topic. Stars I mean. When the fringes of theoretical science are explored, things can get dicey.

There is no theory to the way stars operate. It's a well understood concept.
 

BoomerD

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The Bible was written by man. Though it is the word of God.

The book of mormon is a whole different debate.

Yeah...uh-huh...sure it is...

OR, could it just be a way to control the "unwashed masses" of superstitious, uneducated peasants once upon a time...that for whatever reason, has carried forward into modern times?

What better way to get people to do your bidding?

"Live your life as I have ordered, or you will spend eternity in a place of pain and eternal anguish?"

Like most magic acts, religion is full of sleight of hand and illusion, as well as lots of smoke and mirrors.
 

Ns1

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Jun 17, 2001
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Depends. Our we debating Old Testament or New?

Does it matter?

You can go ahead and explain using any method you wish how the bible is the word of god when some dude transcribed the whole thing

how do you know he didn't eat some mushrooms and started talking to his dog?
 

DangerAardvark

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Then why is His name capitalized?

pwnt :thumbsup:

update:

New question for all of the atheists.


If God doesn't exist, then why is there exactly 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in one hour? Evolution? lol. Such a "coincidence" could only be the sign of an intelligent creator.

Well I'm stumped. Now which of the 30,000 sects of Christianity should I join?
 

Lifted

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The best champagne and beer are/were made by monks.

Explain that one atheists.
 

rudeguy

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Yeah...uh-huh...sure it is...

OR, could it just be a way to control the "unwashed masses" of superstitious, uneducated peasants once upon a time...that for whatever reason, has carried forward into modern times?

Religion has been and still is used by man to control other men. Its the exact thing that the New Testament tells us is wrong. Are you saying that anyone who believes the Bible is superstitious or uneducated?

What better way to get people to do your bidding?

Fear is what the government relies on

"Live your life as I have ordered, or you will spend eternity in a place of pain and eternal anguish?"

Again...government seems to like this

Like most magic acts, religion is full of sleight of hand and illusion, as well as lots of smoke and mirrors.
Actually no. Its all well documented and very open.


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rudeguy

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Does it matter?

You can go ahead and explain using any method you wish how the bible is the word of god when some dude transcribed the whole thing

how do you know he didn't eat some mushrooms and started talking to his dog?

The honest answer is that I don't. I don't claim to be a prophet. I'm someone who simply chose to research the subject and discovered the truth.

And it does matter. There are tons of non-religious, third party accounts of the people and things stated in the NT. The OT I am no expert on.
 

zinfamous

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If fear is the only domain of government, then for what reason was Hell invented by Christians?

The practice of Indulgences?

The various Inquisitions?

Witch Trials? etc, etc...
 

Nik

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The honest answer is that I don't. I don't claim to be a prophet. I'm someone who simply chose to research the subject and discovered the truth.

And it does matter. There are tons of non-religious, third party accounts of the people and things stated in the NT. The OT I am no expert on.

In 2000 years, some nerd is going to figure out how to get the data off of this ancient data storage device called "DVD" or some such nonsense.

He's going to watch Escape from LA and go HEY WOAH, LOS ANGELES WAS A REAL CITY! This movie must be a historical record of the times!!
 

tcsenter

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I'll bite. How so?
By giving humanity a book of 'sacred' Gospels to abide by or burn in eternal hell, that is so full of fucking errors and inconsistencies and contradictions (even laughable absurdities) subject to so many equally reasonable differences of interpretation and opinion about which is supposed to be literal and which is metaphorical or allegory that it would necessarily lead a substantial percentage of the population to be condemned to hell who have no other choice but to conclude in good conscience after a careful objective examination that:

A. God ought to be able to produce a Gospel that a large consensus of rational objective persons (from all cultures, not just those indoctrinated from birth to accept it) could reasonably sign onto and get behind

B. The heavily flawed Gospels as we know them are exactly what you might expect from human beings without 'divine influence'
 
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Hey atheists, if humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys? If God isn't real, how did Jesus walk on water? If Jesus wasn't real, why did he die for our sins?

Atheists 0
Religion 3
 

IronWing

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Hey atheists, if humans evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys? If God isn't real, how did Jesus walk on water? If Jesus wasn't real, why did he die for our sins?

Atheists 0
Religion 3
1) Humans didn't evolve from monkeys, humans evolved from _<insert whatever moves you>_ people.
2) Global warming. Galilee was much colder then.
3) You don't have to be real to die. Just check Justin Beiber's popularity next year to see the truth.
 

Pantlegz

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If God didn't teach humans how to write, then how was the Bible (the first book ever) written?

The bible was the first book printed on a printing press, there were TONS of books written before the bible.

I stopped reading here, sorry if someone beat me to it...
 

zinfamous

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The bible was the first book printed on a printing press, there were TONS of books written before the bible.

I stopped reading here, sorry if someone beat me to it...

Hey you, atheist: if God isn't real, then how did we get the printing press?

pwnt!
 

WHAMPOM

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Then why is His name capitalized?

pwnt :thumbsup:

update:

New question for all of the atheists.


If God doesn't exist, then why is there exactly 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in one hour? Evolution? lol. Such a "coincidence" could only be the sign of an intelligent creator.

Why would a "god" need to have its name capitalized? Needy jealous god of primitive desert people? Sounds like an inferioty complex, needs worship too as the one and only god! Too bad there is not a day in the yearly cycle with exactly twenty-four hours to use up those sixty minute hours made up of sixty second minutes.
 

Iron Woode

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If God doesn't exist, then how to magnets work? Huh??
magnets.jpg
 

IronWing

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How come the English alphabet has 26 letters, and these 26 are precisely the letters needed to write the King James Bible, no more, no less? Sounds like God is talking to you.
 

CallMeJoe

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New question for all of the atheists.
If God doesn't exist, then why is there exactly 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in one hour? Evolution? lol. Such a "coincidence" could only be the sign of an intelligent creator.
Then explain why February is the only perfect 4-week month, and then only three years out of four...